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Type 1 diabetes mellitus: can coaching improve health outcomes?

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the introduction of coaching in the interdisciplinary care of individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus in the public health care system. Subjects and methods: Ten patients routinely attending a public health care service and with a glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level abov...

Waist circumference measurement sites and their association with visceral and subcutaneous fat and cardiometabolic abnormalities

ABSTRACT Objectives: To estimate the degree of variability of the waist circumference (WC) when obtained in different anatomical sites and compare the performance of the measurement sites as predictors of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and cardiometabolic abnormaliti...

Association of serum thyrotropin levels with coronary artery disease documented by quantitative coronary angiography: a transversal study

ABSTRACT Objective: The association between coronary artery disease (CAD) and thyroid function remains controversial. We evaluated the thyroid function and graduated well-defined CAD as confirmed by quantitative coronary angiography (CA). Subjects and methods: We evaluated the serum TSH, free thyroxine...

Enfoque terapéutico de la diabetes mellitus tipo 2 en adultos. Más allá de una meta glucémica

Med. U.P.B; 37 (1), 2018
La diabetes mellitus tipo 2 es una enfermedad que cada día incrementa su incidencia y prevalencia. Se estima que más de 400 millones de personas tienen esta enfermedad y muchos desconocen su diagnóstico. La diabetes mellitus produce desenlaces microvasculares y macrovasculares desfavorables. A lo larg...

Hemoglobina glicosilada y eventos cardiovasculares en pacientes diabéticos de un hospital universitario

Acta méd. colomb; 43 (2), 2018
Resumen Introducción: la prevalencia de comorbilidades cardiovasculares generadas por la diabetes mellitus, se desconoce a nivel global en Colombia y más a nivel local. Objetivo: determinar la prevalencia de los eventos cardiovasculares según los niveles de hemoglobina glicosilada (HbA1c), en el Hos...

Effectiveness and safety of carbohydrate counting in the management of adult patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of carbohydrate counting (CHOC) in the treatment of adult patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1). Materials and methods: We performed a systematic review of randomized studies that compared CHOC with general dietary adv...

Evaluation of plaque characteristics in coronary artery patients with impaired glucose tolerance through optical coherence tomography

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE With the adoption of optical coherence tomography (OCT), this study targets the impacts on plaque characteristics brought about by impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in patients with coronary artery disease. METHODS For this study, 150 patients with coronary artery disease were recrui...

The effect of metabolic surgery on type 1 diabetes: meta-analysis

ABSTRACT Objective Metabolic and bariatric surgery has a definite role in the management of obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). There is also evidence of such surgery improving the health of type 1 diabetic (T1DM) patients. The aim of this paper is to explore the effect of metabolic and...

Impact of written information on control and adherence in type 2 diabetes

Summary Introduction: Diabetes therapeutic education and information by leaflets is important. This study aimed to understand the effectiveness of written information to diabetic patients, after six months, in the control of diabetes and medication adherence. Method: Non-pharmacological clinical trial....

Relación bidireccional entre diabetes mellitus y periodontitis apical

Resumen: la Diabetes Mellitus es una enfermedad crónica que ha ido en aumento en las últimas décadas, por lo que cada vez es más probable que los odontólogos veamos pacientes con esta enfermedad. Múltiples estudios han evaluado la relación entre diabetes mellitus y patologías orales, ya que la di...